M4.3 earthquake 126 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 126 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Jun 30, 2021, 7:33 AM GMT+13 (18:33 UTC), 249 km (155 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 75 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-06-29 18:33:56 UTC
- Depth
- 249.1 km (154.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.417° S, 174.838° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 10.1 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 117°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6123 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1913 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.6198 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1905 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3150 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1905 days ago · 128 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.570 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1894 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.875 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1892 days ago · 175 km deep · 52 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000eiaj. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC.